Synopsis
After years of interstellar war, the leader of a remote outpost is given three days to send a negotiator to represent Earth in peace talks. His staff are all a bit quirky, since the more sane people were needed elsewhere, and the aliens are known to be shrewd negotiators.
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Publications (9)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1960 | Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, March 1960 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 42 |
| July 1960 | Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, July 1960 | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | MAGAZINE | 34 |
| March 1983 | Hallucination Orbit: Psychology in Science Fiction | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 199 |
| June 1986 | 101 Science Fiction Stories | Avenel Books | Anthology | 269 |
| 1992 | The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories | Magpie Books | Anthology | 269 |
| February 2008 | In Case of Fire | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | |
| January 2010 | The Best of Randall Garrett: 43 Novels and Short Stories | Halcyon Press | Omnibus | |26 |
| June 2010 | Short Science Fiction Collection 37 | LibriVox | Anthology | |7 |
| February 2013 | The Randall Garrett Megapack | Wildside Press | Omnibus | |14 |